NT Reliability
In terms of the quantity/number of manuscripts extant today, the NT takes 1st place over every other work of Antiquity.
How many Greek Manuscripts of the NT do we possess (roughly)?
5,700+
How many men are in the Quorum of the 12?
12
How many levels of heaven are there;
and what are their names (in order)?
Three Levels of Heaven;
Telestial, Terrestrial, and Celestial
What is the sole/only means through which one can be Justified?
FAITH
In what book and chapter is this quote found:
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them”
Ephesians 2:8-10
The Bibliographical Test is an examination of the textual transmission by which documents reach us.
What are the TWO questions that the Bibliographical Test asks?
1) What is the distance from the original document to the closest copy that we physically possess today?
2) How many copies do we have?
While in Missouri the LDS members suffered heaps of persecution. Which of these events did NOT happen there?
a) [ Joseph Smith was killed ]
b) [ Siege of Far West ]
c) [ Haun's Mill Massacre ]
d) [ Battle of Crooked River ]
a) [ Joseph Smith was killed ]
Finish President Lorenzo Snow's famous couplet:
"As man now is, God once was;
___ ____ ___ __, ____ ____ ________."
"...as God now is, man may become."
What are the TWO aspects of Justification:
Declaration of ___ _______
AND
Declaration of ____________
1) Declaration of "NOT GUILTY"
2) Declaration of "RIGHTEOUS / RIGHTEOUSNESS"
Complete Romans 3:28:
"For we hold that one is justified by
_______________________________."
"...faith, apart from works of the Law."
In terms of the timeline between the original and earliest extant copies, the New Testament takes 1st place over every other work in the history of antiquity.
What is the timeline or distance between writing of the NT the earliest manuscript of the NT that we possess today?
40-50 years!
(John Rylands Papyri; dated between 150–125 AD)
In response to his Canadian Prophecy not coming true, what did Joseph Smith give as the explanation (fill in the blanks):
"Some revelations are of ____: some revelations are of ____: and some revelations are of the _____!"
1) God
2) man
3) devil
Finish the 8th Article of Faith:
"We believe the Bible to be the Word of God
___________________________________"
"in so far as it is translated correctly"
What is the relationship between Justification and Sanctification?
a) A CAUSAL relationship (Sanctification Causes Justification)
b) An EVIDENTIAL relationship (that is, “sanctification” is the Evidence that you really have been justified)
c) There is no distinction between these two terms
b)
Quote John 1:1-3
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made"
Number two (2nd only to the NT) in all ancient history in regard to manuscript authority is what work of Antiquity?
FOR FUN: How many manuscripts does it have?
FOR FUN: 1,900+
Where did Joseph Smith live when he received the First Vision?
Palmyra, New York
What are the four prerequisites that are necessary in order to be saved according to the 4th Article of Faith?
"1) FAITH in the Lord Jesus;
2) REPENTANCE;
3) BAPTISM by immersion for the forgiveness of sins
4) LAYING ON OF HANDS for the gift of the Holy Ghost"
What does "Justification by Faith" mean:
a) faith ITSELF is the kind of righteousness we perform and God counts that as good enough to be our righteousness—or our part of the righteousness—in justification?
b) God justifies us based upon imputing Christ's righteousness to us THROUGH the medium of Faith alone.
B) God justifies us based upon imputing Christ's righteousness to us THROUGH the medium of Faith alone.
(“Faith” is NOT the righteousness that God credits or imputes to us; Rather, “faith” is the means or instrument through which God credits Christ’s active righteousness to us)
What are the two key OT passages which speak of the tests of a prophet?
(Book and Chapters are sufficient)
1) Deuteronomy 13:1-5
2) Deuteronomy 18:20-22
2 Part Question:
1) Between 150 AD and 300 AD the New Testament had been translated into three languages. What are those languages?
2) In reconstructing the NT, there are three primary sources: (1) Greek Manuscripts, (2) Ancient Translations, and (3) _______________
1) Syriac, Coptic, and Latin
2) Early Church Fathers
The LDS church was founded with how many members?
a) 10
b) 7
c) 4
d) 6
d) 6
Quote the 1st Article of Faith
"We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost."
What is meant by the "IMPUTATION" of Christ's righteousness?
a) God actually Imparts righteousness into us so that now we are personally/actively righteous
b) God Declares us to be as righteous as Christ
c) In the mind of God, God transfers Christ’s perfect obedience to our account so that (by virtue of that transfer) we possess true righteousness
c)
Quote Isaiah 43:10 and 44:6
"Before me no god was formed, neither shall there be after me" (43:10)
"I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god" (44:6)